Chapter 212 - An Old Friend Comes

  Lu Xuan adjusted his posture and landed steadily from a high altitude.

  What he saw was a lush green landscape, with towering spiritual trees all around, countless dark green vines entangled together, and occasionally delicate green fairies could be seen shuttling among them.

  As he breathed, a clear and spiritual breath flowed into his mouth and nose. After merging into his body, he could feel that every muscle in his body was purified by this clear and spiritual breath, and his vitality was unprecedentedly vigorous.

  "This is the Qingling Secret Realm, a small secret realm controlled by the sect, used to cultivate some rare high-grade spiritual plants and spiritual beasts."

  Lu Xuan was observing, and Ge Pu came behind him without knowing when, looking at him with a smile.

  "Senior Brother Ge."

  Lu Xuan bowed his head and saluted, greeting him.

  "Junior Brother Lu, thank you for coming here this time. I believe Junior Brother Yang has explained the details to you on the way."

  "Please come with me to the place where the Qingxuan Deer rests and recuperates."

  "Please lead the way, Senior Brother."

  Lu Xuan said with a serious expression. It was related to the sect's fifth-grade spirit beast and the Jindan cultivator, so he could not be careless.

  He and Yang Qingfeng followed Ge Pu and soon arrived at the destination.

  Ge Pu brought Lu Xuan to the two Jindan Zhenren of Gu Jiankong.

  "Junior Brother Lu, this is Uncle Gu and Uncle Lei. Two uncles, this is the Junior Brother Lu Xuan I mentioned."

  Ge Pu introduced them to each other.

  Lei Su swept his eyes over Lu Xuan's body, and Lu Xuan suddenly felt that he was seen clearly from the inside out. Although he only had four pupils, the majesty he brought was far greater than the many evil pupils on the Hundred Pupils Weird Tree.

  He nodded to Lu Xuan with an indifferent expression.

  The handsome young man next to him smiled eagerly and said gently.

  "I didn't expect that Junior Brother Lu is so young. I will need your help to check the obsession of Qingxuan Deer."

  "Junior Brother will do his best."

  Lu Xuan said solemnly.

  At this time, several fellow disciples who had established their foundation had already surrounded the Qingxuan Deer, who was still alive. They all looked solemn and carefully observed the giant deer that seemed to have fallen asleep.

  "Junior Brothers, you all have profound attainments in raising spiritual beasts. Today, I invited you here mainly to find out the reason for Qingxuan Deer's obsession and whether you can resolve it." The

  handsome young man Gu Jiankong said gently.

  Lu Xuan and the other five people looked at each other and decided to take turns to check the giant deer.

  A quiet and fair girl stepped forward first.

  Her hands floated above the giant deer's weed-like hair, and two soft white lights continued to extend and slowly penetrated into the giant deer's body.

  "This is Junior Sister Liu. She has a unique talent in healing spirit beasts. Many injured and polluted spirit beasts in the sect were cured by her."

  The female cultivator with black hair stood behind Gu Jiankong and Lei Su and introduced in a low voice.

  Gu Jiankong nodded slightly to show his understanding.

  After a moment, a faint white light seeped out from the body of the giant deer and returned to the hands of the quiet and fair-skinned girl.

  She returned to the crowd, pursed her lips and shook her head.

  "I checked every part of the body of the Qingxuan Deer. In addition to noticing that its body functions have deteriorated a lot, I did not find any other hidden diseases or traces of evil spirits invading and polluting."

  "As for that obsession, I don't understand it even more. Heart disease needs heart medicine to cure."

  "Thank you for troubling Junior Sister Liu."

  Gu Jiankong said to the quiet and fair-skinned girl with a smile, without any disappointment on his face.

  Next, three more foundation-building fellows came forward to check.

  Although each of them had unique special skills in dealing with spirit beasts, after a detailed inspection, no abnormalities were found.

  Then, a tall and burly monk strode to the front of Qingxuanlu.

  The monk was naked from the waist up, with muscular body and many strange lines on his chest and back.

  The lines changed quietly, forming the figures of spirit beasts, which jumped out of the skin, as if they would jump out of the skin at any time.

  Gu Jiankong's eyes flashed with expectation.

  He knew a lot about this burly monk. He had had many dealings with him when he was in the foundation building stage.

  The monk was in the late stage of foundation building, good at communicating and taming spirit beasts. He usually practiced hard in the sect and was very low-key, so he was not well-known.   

  He came to the Qingxuan Deer, his lips kept moving, and it was unknown what he was saying to the Qingxuan Deer.

  The giant deer struggled to open its eyes, looked at the tall and burly monk, and then had no strength to close them, allowing the monk to speak eloquently without any reaction.

  After a long time, the tall and burly monk saw that there was no effect, and his expression did not change. He came to Gu Jiankong and others.

  "I have communicated with the Qingxuan Deer spirit beast for a long time, and I roughly understand that it has great regrets in its heart. As for the specific reason for the regret, it is not clear."

  "Perhaps, only the senior of the sect who once raised it can understand its obsession in detail."

  Gu Jiankong heard this, his expression was neither sad nor happy, and he nodded gently.

  "I see, please rest for a while on the side, nephew Shi."

  The successive failures did not make him feel much disappointed.

  Lei Su on the side was still expressionless, without any signs of sarcasm.

  Among the six people, only Lu Xuan, who had the lowest cultivation, was left.

  He came to the true disciple who was in charge of the Qingling Secret Realm.

  "Senior Sister Xu, please give me a little bit of the spiritual fruit that Qingxuan Deer usually eats. I will try to feed it first and close the distance between us."

  In order to understand Qingxuan Deer's obsession, he had to complete the "feeding" process. He found a random reason and said to the female cultivator.

  The female cultivator nodded, and a light green spiritual fruit fell into Lu Xuan's hand.

  "Qingxuan Deer is at the last moment of its life. Its appetite has dropped sharply. One spiritual fruit is enough."

  Lu Xuan bowed and thanked him. He came to the front of Qingxuan Deer lying in the giant vine net, walked around to its front, and gently put the spiritual fruit into the mouth of the giant deer, which opened its mouth slightly.

  The giant deer sensed the spiritual power on the spiritual fruit and swallowed it into its stomach with great difficulty.

  Lu Xuan's mind was concentrated on the body of Qingxuan Deer, and suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

  [Qingxuan Deer, a fifth-grade spiritual beast, the guardian spiritual beast of Tianjian Sect, has a natural affinity for wood-based spiritual power. During the growth stage, it automatically masters high-level wood-based magic, which can accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. ]

  [My life span is about to run out, but I have an obsession. ]

  [When can I taste the Hundred Fruit Spiritual Juice you prepared again? ]

  Deep thoughts turned into physical images and appeared in Lu Xuan's mind.

  The young Qingxuan Deer curled up into a ball, looking at the elegant monk who saved him from the monster with fear.

  "Little guy, are you feeling better? Come and taste the Hundred Fruit Spiritual Juice I brewed myself. This is my unique recipe."

  The Qingxuan Deer grew bigger and bigger, running happily in the sect every day, and the spiritual plants under his feet grew wildly.

  "Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect you to be so good at cultivating spiritual plants. Here, I will reward you with a freshly baked Hundred Fruit Spiritual Juice."

  Unknowingly, the Qingxuan Deer became the sect's guardian spirit beast.

  "I'm going on a long journey this time. You take good care of the secret realm. When I come back, I'll make you a Hundred Fruit Spiritual Juice so that you can eat as much as you want."

  ...

  Perhaps because of his deep obsession, Lu Xuan, who could only perceive simple thoughts in the past, can see clear images today.

  He was silent for a while and said to the female cultivator with a head full of black hair.

  "Senior Sister Xu, I need the following spiritual fruits..."

  Various spiritual fruits were quickly delivered to Lu Xuan. He accurately prepared the dosage according to the memory in the picture, added the specially brewed spiritual liquid, and kept pounding it.

  Finally, a bowl of fragrant fruit spiritual juice appeared in his hand.

  He held it carefully and came to the front of Qingxuan Deer.

  As if sensing the familiar taste deep in its memory, the weed-like hair on the Qingxuan Deer gradually became shiny and smooth. It struggled hard to get up.

  "Lie down obediently, I'll feed you."

  A vague and soft voice sounded in its ears.

  Then, a ball of fragrant spiritual juice was sent into its mouth, flowing through its limbs and bones, moisturizing every part of its body.

  In a trance, it saw a familiar figure squatting in front of it, smiling and gently feeding it the fruit spiritual juice.

  It seemed like an old friend.

  (End of this chapter)